Firefox/Features/Add plugincheck functionality to Add-on Manager

Feature	Status	ETA	Owner
Firefox/Features/Add_plugincheck_functionality_to_Add-on_Manager	Blocked on finding an implementor, and possibly PFS2.	TBA, probably Firefox 7	Kev Needham

Summary

Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the Add-ons Manager.

Team

• Feature Manager: Dave Townsend
• Lead Developer: TBA
• Product Manager: Kev Needham
• QA: Henrik Skupin
• UX: Jennifer Boriss

Release Requirements

• ???

Next Steps & Open Issues

• Determine where to retrieve latest plugin info from. Possibilities:
  • PFS2
  • New API provided by PluginCheck
  • PFS1

Related Bugs & Dependencies

Bug for this feature is bug 613305.

Intermediate step is to include a link to the PluginCheck page in the Addons Manager. See:

• Project page
• bug 656269

PFS2 may be a dependency.

Risks

TBA.

Use Cases

TBA.

Designs

Test Plans

Most (if not all) of this should be able to be automated with browser-mochitest tests and a fake PFS/PFS2 server.

Goals

• Should be able to tell which plugins are out of date, and figure out how to update them from within the addons manager.

Non-Goals

• Installing and updating of all plugins via XPI hosted on AMO (long-term plan?).

Other Stuff

TBA.

Legend (remove if you like)

	Healthy: feature is progressing as expected.
	Blocked: feature is currently blocked.
	At Risk: feature is at risk of missing its targeted release.
ETA	Estimated date for completion of the current feature task. Overall ETA for the feature is the product release date.

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